Xacio Baño

A film in which an account by Baño’s grandmother opens the door to an associative, heterodox exploration of historical memory.

A film in which an account by Baño’s grandmother opens the door to an associative, heterodox exploration of historical memory.

A film in which an account by Baño’s grandmother opens the door to an associative, heterodox exploration of historical memory.

A film in which an account by Baño’s grandmother opens the door to an associative, heterodox exploration of historical memory.

Carme lives in a mountain village in Galicia with her sick mother and her father Ramón, with whom she hardly speaks. Working in a bakery, she feels the urge to escape from this oppressive atmosphere, but circumstances always seem to stop her. But during the “Rapa das Bestas” weekend – a celebration of the age-old struggle between man and horse – Carme’s older brother, Luís, comes home with his wife María...

Carme lives in a mountain village in Galicia with her sick mother and her father Ramón, with whom she hardly speaks. Working in a bakery, she feels the urge to escape from this oppressive atmosphere, but circumstances always seem to stop her. But during the “Rapa das Bestas” weekend – a celebration of the age-old struggle between man and horse – Carme’s older brother, Luís, comes home with his wife María...

Carme lives in a mountain village in Galicia with her sick mother and her father Ramón, with whom she hardly speaks. Working in a bakery, she feels the urge to escape from this oppressive atmosphere, but circumstances always seem to stop her. But during the “Rapa das Bestas” weekend – a celebration of the age-old struggle between man and horse – Carme’s older brother, Luís, comes home with his wife María...

Echo's voice was stolen and she was sentenced to repeat what everyone else said. Trapped, she decides to take shelter in a cave and to distance herself from human touch.

Echo's voice was stolen and she was sentenced to repeat what everyone else said. Trapped, she decides to take shelter in a cave and to distance herself from human touch.

Echo's voice was stolen and she was sentenced to repeat what everyone else said. Trapped, she decides to take shelter in a cave and to distance herself from human touch.

Echo's voice was stolen and she was sentenced to repeat what everyone else said. Trapped, she decides to take shelter in a cave and to distance herself from human touch.

A director walks in search of his unicorn, from the revealing moment of the green ray. And the afternoon ends, and the sun falls. A piece for Chanfaina'Lab (16), meeting of Galician filmmakers in San Sadurniño.

A director walks in search of his unicorn, from the revealing moment of the green ray. And the afternoon ends, and the sun falls. A piece for Chanfaina'Lab (16), meeting of Galician filmmakers in San Sadurniño.

Sequence worked in SER E VOLTAR, during the first stages of search and conception of the project.

Sequence worked in SER E VOLTAR, during the first stages of search and conception of the project.

Sequence worked in SER E VOLTAR, during the first stages of search and conception of the project.

A filmmaker comes back to his grandparents' house to make them a video-portrait. That's what cinema is about, isn't it?

A filmmaker comes back to his grandparents' house to make them a video-portrait. That's what cinema is about, isn't it?

A filmmaker comes back to his grandparents' house to make them a video-portrait. That's what cinema is about, isn't it?

A filmmaker comes back to his grandparents' house to make them a video-portrait. That's what cinema is about, isn't it?

A filmmaker comes back to his grandparents' house to make them a video-portrait. That's what cinema is about, isn't it?

Short film by Xacio Baño for the NIMBOS Project, a series of films inspired by the poems of the book Nimbos by Xosé María Díaz Castro. Second version made in the spring of 2015 from recorded material and published the previous year.

Short film by Xacio Baño for the NIMBOS Project, a series of films inspired by the poems of the book Nimbos by Xosé María Díaz Castro. Second version made in the spring of 2015 from recorded material and published the previous year.

Short film by Xacio Baño for the NIMBOS Project, a series of films inspired by the poems of the book Nimbos by Xosé María Díaz Castro. Second version made in the spring of 2015 from recorded material and published the previous year.

Interlude. Space between frames. During the last year I was accompanying Anacos on his tour of festivals. When finishing and inventory: a few videos without a clear purpose and several photos of windows. About the time between work and work. About the search for the idea. On the fear that it is not the ideal. I hope that the piece serves to remove that fear.

Interlude. Space between frames. During the last year I was accompanying Anacos on his tour of festivals. When finishing and inventory: a few videos without a clear purpose and several photos of windows. About the time between work and work. About the search for the idea. On the fear that it is not the ideal. I hope that the piece serves to remove that fear.

Interlude. Space between frames. During the last year I was accompanying Anacos on his tour of festivals. When finishing and inventory: a few videos without a clear purpose and several photos of windows. About the time between work and work. About the search for the idea. On the fear that it is not the ideal. I hope that the piece serves to remove that fear.

The life of a person can be as easy and straightforward as his recipe for sponge cake.

The life of a person can be as easy and straightforward as his recipe for sponge cake.

The life of a person can be as easy and straightforward as his recipe for sponge cake.

The life of a person can be as easy and straightforward as his recipe for sponge cake.

Emilio has an accident. Now he sees life in a different way.

Emilio has an accident. Now he sees life in a different way.

Emilio has an accident. Now he sees life in a different way.

Emilio has an accident. Now he sees life in a different way.